tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post2095399255132656..comments2017-09-26T12:30:01.499-04:00Comments on In the Middle: Flash Review: Steve Mentz, At the Bottom of Shakespeare's OceanJeffrey Cohenhttps://plus.google.com/110433684739546897626noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-61883889783413617342012-10-02T18:21:54.075-04:002012-10-02T18:21:54.075-04:00There&#39;s a nice, related set of work the McMena...There&#39;s a nice, related set of work the McMenamins conducted in the 70s/80s, leading to their &#39;Hypersea&#39; theory- &quot;Hypersea is a geophysiological entity consisting of eukaryotic organisms on land and their symbionts. By means of a process known as hypermarine upwelling, the expansion of Hypersea led to a dramatic increase in global species diversity and a one hundred-fold increase in global biomass.&quot;<br /><br />http://discovermagazine.com/1995/oct/hyperseainvasion571<br /><br />http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mark_McMenamin#HyperseaEd Kellerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11328061341707951864noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-28350744862406983002011-01-15T08:10:35.175-05:002011-01-15T08:10:35.175-05:00If any Mentz-searchers stumble here, here&#39;s a ...If any Mentz-searchers stumble here, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/140799548" rel="nofollow">here&#39;s</a> a link to my review.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-75154843246034252362010-11-01T11:23:46.272-04:002010-11-01T11:23:46.272-04:00The Norse didn&#39;t fear the ocean? In the sense...The Norse didn&#39;t fear the ocean? In the sense that fear is the beginning of wisdom? Have I been misreading &quot;The Seafarer&quot; all these years? (The most direct reference to medieval lit in the book is the opening sentence, which channels &quot;The Seafarer.&quot;)<br /><br />I do agree that the longer sentence you quote is less forgivable, &amp; more sloppy shorthand. I&#39;ve been wrestling with the pressure of expanded empirical experiences of the deep oceans after c1450, &amp; certainly don&#39;t want to prejudice or oversimplify earlier periods &amp; texts that I don&#39;t know well. Karl Steel&#39;s comments on oceanic parallel worlds are fascinating &amp; I look forward to reading about the fish knights. <br /><br />I often have similar reactions to 18c critics who think that the novel is &quot;new&quot; with Defoe, Richardson, et al. Doesn&#39;t everybody read Thomas Nashe as well as *Peaceforest*? I suppose we know the answer to that one...<br /><br />Thanks for the stimulating review, Jeffrey!Steve Mentzhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02927244468764583378noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-18208228993382042492010-10-30T09:20:55.404-04:002010-10-30T09:20:55.404-04:00Thanks anon for the link and correction: will make...Thanks anon for the link and correction: will make the change before this goes to press. I have to confess I DIDN&#39;T look at the whole volume: only the Leclercq-Marx article (which is excellent). Maybe I can do a quick review in next months?Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-8320471535581115382010-10-30T06:58:25.405-04:002010-10-30T06:58:25.405-04:00Never comment before coffee. Thanks, anonymous, fo...Never comment before coffee. Thanks, anonymous, for that link to the review of the conference proceedings. The review does very nicely in its course lay enumerate many medieval texts in which maritime space opens, and indicates the many uses to which this space might be put. It&#39;s a trove of primary sources, so again: thanks.Jeffrey J. Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-22016780225232378702010-10-30T06:47:42.487-04:002010-10-30T06:47:42.487-04:00@Anonymous: L’espace maritime, monstres marins: th...@Anonymous: L’espace maritime, monstres marins: this looks really great: thanks for the link, I will try to track the journal down (doesn&#39;t look like there is an electronic version, sadly)<br /><br />@Karl REALLY looking forward to this issue of postmedieval!!Jeffrey J. Cohenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17346504393740520542noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-82864147101008979072010-10-29T18:26:00.093-04:002010-10-29T18:26:00.093-04:00&#39;Publications de l&#39;Université de Provence&...&#39;Publications de l&#39;Université de Provence&#39;<br />Other french publications mentioned in:<br />http://crm.revues.org/index1054.htmlAnonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-21165575.post-10297990053420092302010-10-29T09:31:50.314-04:002010-10-29T09:31:50.314-04:00Great stuff, and will prove VERY useful, I expect,...Great stuff, and will prove VERY useful, I expect, for my &quot;abyss&quot; piece in Postmedieval several years from now.<br /><br />Peggy McCracken and I wrote an oceanic response essay for our forthcoming Postmedieval (3) on animals. We talk about a long-time obsession of mine, the fish knights, which, as we read it, raise questions about distinctions between humans and animals, autonomy and causation, life and nonlife, and land and sea. The ocean, at least in <i>Perceforest</i>, is not simply hostile or human, nor is it so for the Middle Ages. It&#39;s a place of wonder, or, in many instances, a parallel world, an enormous place where things go on much as they do up here, out of our sight. Either they imitate us or we them, as Alexander the Great (who learns hor to tourney from fish) does in Perceforest.<br /><br />For more on parallel worlds in the ocean (and a source I hope Mentz used!), see <br /><br />Leclercq-Marx, J. 2006. L’idée d’un monde marin parallèle du monde terrestre: emergence et développements. In <i>Mondes marins du moyen-âge: actes du 30e colloque du CUER MA, 3, 4, et 5 mars 2005,</i> ed. Chantal Connochier-Bourgne, 259-71. Aix-en-Provence: Publications de Universitaire.Karl Steelhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03353370018006849747noreply@blogger.com